<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mods xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" version="3.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-1.xsd">
  <titleInfo>
    <nonSort>The </nonSort>
    <title>Oryx resource guide to El Niño and La Niña</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>D'Aleo, Joseph S.</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Grube, Pamela G.</namePart>
  </name>
  <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource>
  <genre authority="marc">bibliography</genre>
  <originInfo>
    <place>
      <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">ctu</placeTerm>
    </place>
    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">Westport, Conn</placeTerm>
    </place>
    <publisher>Oryx Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
  </originInfo>
  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
  </language>
  <physicalDescription>
    <form authority="marcform">print</form>
    <extent>230 p. : ill.</extent>
  </physicalDescription>
  <tableOfContents>Machine generated contents note: 1. El Nino and La Nina: Children of the Tropics 1 -- 2. What Causes El Nino and La Nina? 12 -- 3. The Global Effects of El Nino and La Niia 21 -- 4. El Nifo and La Nina Effects on Climate in the -- United States: Winter and Spring 29 -- 5. ENSO and Summer Weather Patterns 47 -- 6. Other Effects of ENSO 66 -- 7. How Scientists Study El Ninio 71 -- 8. Forecasting ENSO 89 -- 9. The Super El Ninos 97 -- 10. How Governments Use ENSO-Based Seasonal -- Forecasts 103 -- 11. ENSO, Tip of the Iceberg in Climate Prediction 116 -- 12. Biographical Sketches 129 -- 13. Directory of Organizations 143.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>HKBU library</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Joseph S. D'Aleo with Pamela G. Grube.</note>
  <note type="venue">YT2025 M10</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>El Niño Current</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>La Niña Current</geographic>
  </subject>
  <classification authority="lcc">GC296 D111 O 2002</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">1573563781</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781573563789</identifier>
  <recordInfo>
    <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">SDU</recordContentSource>
    <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">010904</recordCreationDate>
  </recordInfo>
</mods>
